Crazy Detective

Yunzhou city, Ximei gallery.

"It's too sudden," Zhang Qile's assistant, Xiao Qi, said sadly."Teacher Zhang has an art exhibition next month! And they've even invited a lot of foreign guests ..."

Xiao Qi was a girl wearing black-rimmed glasses and dressed conservatively.

"Does Zhang Qile live in the gallery?" Miao Ying looked at the paintings in the room and asked the assistant.

"Yes, I am!" Xiaoqi quickly replied,"teacher Zhang likes to be free and unrestrained, so he designed a small apartment for himself on the second floor of the gallery. It's not big, but it's very modern. I ... I can take you there to see ..."

"Then ..." Miao Ying asked again,"when did you find out that you had lost contact with Zhang Qile?"

"It was ... About a week ago?" Xiaoqi recalled,"about seven or eight days ago. I called her, but she didn't pick up. Her phone was turned off!"

"Oh ..."

Miao Ying calculated the date, which was two or three days before the incident, which was consistent with the time of disappearance that the police had so far.

Perhaps, after the murderer kidnapped Zhang Qile, he didn't kill her immediately, but imprisoned her for one or two days.

"In the past, Mr. Zhang used to be like this," Xiaoqi said."We were still having dinner together tonight, and we'll be in Vienna tomorrow ..."

"That's why I wasn't in a hurry when I switched off my phone. I thought she was still on the plane ..."

"Xiaoqi ..." Miao Ying looked around and whispered,"we're here today to find out the truth and catch the murderer of teacher Zhang. Do you understand?"

"This ..." Little Qi was stunned. She bit her lip and nodded.

"So," Miao Ying said, her eyes sharp."You have to tell us everything you know about Zhang Qile. You can't hold anything back!"

"I ... I know." Xiao Qi quickly nodded."I've already been to the police station twice. I ... I didn't dare to hide anything, right? I've told you everything I know!"

"Out of all of Zhang Qile's male friends, which one do you like the most?" Miao Ying asked.

"This ... That's hard to say!" Xiaoqi's forehead was covered in sweat."I ... I'm only teacher Zhang's assistant. I ... I've never asked about her private life. She wouldn't tell me either ..."

"I'm talking about my feelings!" Miao Ying asked,"which one do you think Mr. Zhang likes the most?"

"Well ... Zhang Chun, and ... And Liu Xilin. These two seem to be good, right?" Xiaoqi said,"these two are rich second generations. One is unmarried and the other is single. I feel that teacher Zhang likes these two more. Once again, I saw Zhang Chun spend the night with teacher Zhang at the gallery ..."

Oh ...

Miao Ying had already read the information. Zhang Chun and Liu Xilin were indeed well-known local second generation nouveau riche, and they were also one of the people who invested the most in Zhang Qile gallery.

"Then ..." Miao Ying asked again,"have you heard of any rumors outside? For example, who has your teacher Zhang hurt before? Or have you done anything bad to someone?"

"This ..." Little Qi was troubled.

"It's okay, just say whatever you want to say," Miao Ying said."We'll keep your secret!"

"This ..." Xiao Qi hesitated for a moment, then said,"I think you've asked so many people, so you should know, right?

"Teacher Zhang is quite a carefree person. He's quite open when it comes to relationships between men and women ...

"Of course there's a lot of gossip about her, but teacher Zhang has never cared.

"She, well ... She really values money and advocates that money is the most important thing. Sometimes, she's a little stingy and her relationship with her family is very stiff ...

"But she's actually quite a nice person. She takes care of us who work here and never gets angry ..."

"I feel that he didn't get together with his male friends to lie to them. It was all voluntary, so ... He shouldn't have offended anyone, right?"

"Is that so?" Miao Ying asked again,"are all those men really that generous? You've never been jealous or argued with Zhang Qile?"

"An argument ... Huh ..." Xiaoqi took a long time to calm herself down, then mumbled,"at the end of last year, a man did have an argument with teacher Zhang. At the time, the gallery was still under renovation, and teacher Zhang lived in Xinshan.

"There was one time when I went to her house with teacher Zhang to get something. I saw that teacher Zhang's face was swollen, so I asked her what was going on, but she didn't say ...

"I only found out later that she was beaten up by a man. That man is a real estate developer and used to be very rich. He had a good time with teacher Zhang and even invested quite a bit of money into him!

"But later on, he was in a financial crisis. He probably wanted to borrow some money from teacher Zhang, but teacher Zhang didn't lend it to him, so he was beaten up by him!"

"Oh?"

At Miao Ying's signal, Wu Xiumin quickly jotted down the information in her notebook.

"What's the name of that man?" Miao Ying asked.

"I don't know," Xiaoqi said."But I can help you ask. My former colleagues know more about it!"

"Okay ..." Miao Ying nodded, then looked at the painting on the wall.

These paintings were all realistic oil paintings. Although she didn't dare to compliment Zhang Qile's character, she had to admit that these paintings were of a very high standard.

From this, it could be seen that Zhang Qile had a certain level of attainment in painting.

"Is there any surveillance in the gallery?" Miao Ying asked again.

"Yes," Xiaoqi quickly said."The police have already made a copy of the surveillance footage! There's one at the main entrance and inside the gallery ..."

"Yes," a local police officer behind Miao Ying said."We've checked the surveillance camera and found that Zhang Qile didn't return to the gallery before the incident. She must have been kidnapped somewhere else!"

"Teacher Zhang's car is parked in the parking lot behind," Xiaoqi added."Did she go on a long journey?"

"The gallery is facing the street," Miao Ying said."The parking lot is a public parking lot behind the street. After parking, Zhang Qile needs to go through the alley next to the gallery!

"If I were the murderer, I would have chosen to start from the alley!"

"Then ..." Ran Tao thought for a moment, then asked,"I'll check the parking lot." Let's see when she parked her car in the parking lot. "

"But ..." Miao Ying guessed,"they caught and kidnapped her, so they needed other means of transportation. The street outside the gallery was under surveillance, so ..."

"He can only return to the parking lot?" Ran Tao was confused.

"Or ..." Wu Xiumin suddenly had an idea."Countless experiences tell us that sometimes tricycles will become a more covert means of transportation, so ..."

"We need to check all the surveillance cameras in the area," Miao Ying said."We also need to track Zhang Qile's car to see when she went to the parking lot, and where she went before she went."